Amigo is a 1976 album by Arlo Guthrie. It is his seventh studio album. The album peaked at No. 133 on the Billboard 200.[7]
| Amigo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1976[1] | |||
| Studio | Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | John Pilla | |||
| Arlo Guthrie chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A−[4] |
| Los Angeles Times | (mixed)[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Record Guide | [6] |
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie; except where indicated
Side one
edit- "Guabi Guabi" – 2:27
- "Darkest Hour" – 4:04
- "Massachusetts" – 3:10
- "Victor Jara" (lyrics: Adrian Mitchell) – 4:17
- "Patriots' Dream" – 2:51
Side two
edit- "Grocery Blues" – 2:09
- "Walking Song" (Leah Kunkel) – 3:08
- "My Love" – 2:43
- "Manzanillo Bay" (Rob "Rabbit" Mackay) – 4:24
- "Ocean Crossing" – 3:22
- "Connection" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:40
Personnel
edit- Bob Glaub – bass
- Nick DeCaro – strings, accordion
- Bill Green – guitar
- Arlo Guthrie – guitar, vocals
- Milt Holland – percussion
- Dr. Rick Jaeger – drums
- Leah Kunkel – keyboards, electric piano, vocals
- Russ Kunkel – percussion, drums
- Gayle LeVant – harp, harmonica
- Linda Ronstadt – vocals
- Dan Velika – bass
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar
- Jai Winding – keyboards
Additional personnel
edit- Lloyd Cliff – engineer
- Donn Landee – engineer
- John Pilla – producer
- Lenny Waronker – producer
References
edit- ^ "Dateline Burbank (Advertisement)". Rolling Stone. No. 222. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. September 23, 1976. p. 5.
(...released last week by Warner/Reprise...) issue published August 25 according to masthead on page 3
- ^ "allmusic ((( Amigo > Overview )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- ^ "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 37. 1976-09-11. p. 64. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Atkinson, Terry (1976-10-17). "Brief Reviews of Pop Albums". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 157, 598.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Amigo > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
External links
edit- "Arlo Guthrie - Amigo (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. September 1976. Retrieved 2010-01-05.